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That’s not news, and I did mention that months ago in here
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46226795
I watched few videos where the police by mistake mentioned how they tracked the cars even with no plate numbers on them.
> Police can also use the cameras to surveil protestors and stalk ex-lovers—or strangers they find attractive.
I didn't believe police actually did this until a roommate's new classmate told me her story. She has recently moved in to the neighborhood (an HOA at that). She was walking her dog one evening when a police officer who also lives in the HOA greeted her by her full legal name which she swears she never uses anywhere so the only way someone would know it was if they looked her up. She was just a roommate at this new place so her name wouldn't be in any HOA papers.
The police (or any law enforcement) really should not have access to any kind of dragnet surveillance.
They won't use technology to find our lost/stolen phones but they want even more surveillance for what?
Well made website IMO. Gets to the point with plenty of easy-to-understand evidence and calls to action.
Feels like every other site that AI generates. Hard to tell what the creators believe and what is just probabilistically generated.
Sorry for a negative comment, but it's just an interesting observation from an outsider.
This sort of hyper-local protest is the way to go. Nobody wants to be surveilled.
Well made website IMO. Gets to the point with plenty of easy-to-understand evidence and calls to action.
Feels like every other site that AI generates. Hard to tell what the creators believe and what is just probabilistically generated.
An excerpt:
> “I've spent the last several months talking to people all over Casa Grande, and one thing keeps coming up: Safety. So, today I'm excited to announce a new company called Shepherd Safety,” he said. “Our mission is simple. Keep government officials and their families safe.” It would be no different than how the city monitors its citizens using Flock cameras, he said; he planned to launch satellites that would use AI to monitor “where government officials go, where they stop, who they meet with, and when they return home.”
It was satire, but drove the point home well.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Speak for yourself. I don't mind this type of surveillance personally.
That's because you haven't thought it through. "We only want info on the bad people" might not alarm you personally until any government entity changes the definition of bad and now you're a "bad guy".
I know this is preaching to the choir but from the article on the person holding the skimmer > Police can also use the cameras to surveil protestors and stalk ex-lovers—or strangers they find attractive. I didn't believe police actually did this until a roommate's new classmate told me her story. She has recently moved in to the neighborhood (an HOA at that). She was walking her dog one evening when a police officer…